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The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry

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Authors: John Crowley and John SheehanAffiliation: University College CorkPublication Year: Hardback 2009Pages: 512Size: 299 x 237mmISBN:9781859184301

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The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas, comprising over fifty individual chapters and case studies, provides the reader with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it since prehistoric times to the present day.

Although not a conventional atlas, it contains many historic and newly commissioned maps. It also combines many different approaches towards understanding the distinctive character – both physical and human - of this unique landscape.

The opening chapters explore the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Subsequent chapters deal with its development over the millennia and the influences that have shaped it. All aspects of Iveragh's past and present are considered, using the evidence of disciplines such as archaeology, art-history, cartography, folklore, geography, geology, history, mythology and zoology. The range of topics that arise from this approach is tremendously wide, and occasionally surprising.

Given its status as a peninsula projecting into the Atlantic, the history and culture of the Iveragh Peninsula have been moulded by external influences as well as by regional and national ones. Its story is multi-layered, involving the imprint of mythological as well as historic settlers and invaders. The peninsula has witnessed significant periods of transition, perhaps none more so than in the present era. This book seeks to deepen and illuminate our understanding of its landscape, history and heritage.

I Landscape The Geology of the Iveragh Peninsula The Devonian Tetrapod Trackway on Valentia Island Kerry Geopark: An Aspiring European Geopark The Physical Landscape of the Iveragh Peninsula Iveragh's Coast and Mountains Man, Animals and the Environment in Iveragh A Selection of Iveragh's Flora Birds of the Iveragh Peninsula The Mountains of Iveragh: A Personal Journey Iveragh's Mountain Pilgrimages Landscape, Myth and Imagination in Iveragh Milesians The Toponymy of the Peninsula of Uíbh Ráthach An Archaic Dimension in the Toponymy of Uíbh Ráthach The Early Ecclesiastical Toponymy of Uíbh Ráthach

II Early Iveragh Prehistory: Settlement and Ritual in Iveragh Rock Art The Derrynane Horn Miss Butler's Iveragh Watercolours Early Medieval Iveragh, ad 400–1200 Illaunloughan: An Early Iveragh Monastery and its Shrine Fíonán of Iveragh Skellig Michael: Monastic Island Retreat in the Atlantic Skellig Michael: The German Connection St Michael's Well and Skellig Michael The Vikings and Iveragh Medieval Iveragh: Kingdoms and Dynasties Ballycarbery Castle The 'Conquest' of the Iveragh Peninsula: Mapping and Surveying, c.1598–c.1700 William Petty and the Iveragh Peninsula – Three Mysteries Powell's 1764 Map of Nedeen

III Historic Iveragh Alexander Nimmo and the Mapping of Iveragh, 1811–12 Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832) Daniel O'Connell and Iveragh Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill O'Connell and France Cahersiveen The Great Famine in Iveragh Kenmare Lace The Lansdowne Estate in Iveragh under the Agency of William Steuart Trench Kenmare: Origins and Development Derreen: A Landlord's Garden The Eviction of Cable O'Leary Connecting South Kerry The Kingdom in the Wires: The North Atlantic Telegraph Cables on the Iveragh Peninsula Valentia Island The Fight for Independence in Iveragh, 1914–22 John Golden – An Iveragh Fenian Tourism and the Ring: Past and Present

IV Cultural Traditions The Food Culture Of The Iveragh Peninsula The Sporting Heritage Of Iveragh Waterville Golf Links Songs And Music Of The Iveragh Peninsula Ole MÍ¸rk Sandvik's Visit To Iveragh Uíbh Ráthach And The Irish Language Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin An Iveragh Writer Of Our Time Uíbh Ráthach And The Evolution Of Irish Folklore The Iveragh Seine Boat Puck Fair, Killorglin

V Contemporary Iveragh Contemporary Economic Development In Iveragh Peat And Energy Production Demographic Change On The Iveragh Peninsula, 1926–2006 Iveragh's Uplands: Farming And Society Contemporary Change And Planning In The Iveragh Landscape Sneem

This book is more than the cultural atlas of its subtitle. Insomuch as it covers almost all aspects of the geography and history of the Iveragh Peninsula it is nearer to a regional monograph in the old tradition of French geography. It is substantial not only in terms of its format and size it weighs in at 3kg but in the range of its content and the quality of its illustration. The joint editors have managed to weave together over 50 contributions from recognized experts in their fields into a coherent interdisciplinary scholarly and very readable account. This could not have been achieved without support from institutions University College Cork the ordnance Survey and the National Tourism Development Authority among them and the large number of individuals listed in the Acknowledgements. Throughout the quality of maps and illustration is outstanding. Endnotes are useful for further references and there is a comprehensive index. John Crowley geographer and John Sheehan archaeologist both at University College Cork are to be congratulated along with their cartographic editor Mike Murphy the University Press and its printers in Spain on producing a fine book. It is a worthy successor to the earlier writings on the area of among others Robert Lloyd Praeger Frank Mitchell and Estyn Evans and it deepens our understanding of the landscape history and heritage of this distinctive corner of Atlantic Europe.

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This book is a celebration of the famed Ring of Ke

July 22, 2010

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CHOICE current reviews for Academic Libraries from Republic of Ireland

This book is a celebration of the famed Ring of Kerry in southwest Ireland from prehistoric times to the present. The use and range of illustrative material makes this book a visual delight. Recommended for all libraries supporting Irish Studies

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Iveragh A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry is

February 9, 2010

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Australian Journal of Irish Studies from Republic of Ireland

Iveragh A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry is in effect a follow up to The Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey published in 1998 also by Cork University Press. Both books study Ireland s largest peninsula which extends out in to the Atlantic Ocean far enough to make it the westernmost point of Europe and which constitutes one element of the county of Kerry. The Archaeological Survey was a big thorough book documenting in text image and diagram almost field by field Iveragh s extraordinarily rich inheritance of material remains of past settlement. Now in 2009 we have The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry courtesy of State institutional and private financial backing. It is a truly wonderful 512 page book beautiful and quite heavy to hold to feel and to look at and greatly rewarding to read.

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Cork University Press has a long and glorious hist

December 4, 2009

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Tintean The Australian Irish Heritage Network from Republic of Ireland

Cork University Press has a long and glorious history of documenting the parish and the county and this book is perhaps the apogee of such enterprises. It looks like a very handsome coffee table book it is much more. It is a very digestible summary of research on every aspect of the physical topography social and cultural life of the Iveragh Peninsula in West Munster.

The Iveragh Peninsula A cultural atlas of the Ring of Kerry is a very beautiful and hugely informative publication . It is a treasure and a reservoir for anybody remotely interested in Kerry. Over 500 pages .it includes hundreds of photographs .. over 90 new maps as well as historic maps some never published before. This publication should be in every house and it should be read in every house. It should be an integral part of the syllabus at primary secondary and third level. Dozens of copies should be in every branch and mobile library in the area. It is essential reading for all economic social and cultural activity. Frank Lewis Saturday Supplement Radio Kerry 14th November 09